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Officer candidate at Maxwell Air Force Base threatens suit over 'so help me God' oath
AL.Com ^ | August 05, 2013 at 4:09 PM | Leada Gore

Posted on 08/05/2013 6:07:22 PM PDT by SonnyBubba

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To: SonnyBubba
If he doesn't want to swear an oath on what this Country was FOUNDED ON; we don't need this type of "Officer" at all.

We already sissified the military with faggots/dykes, and women in places they don't belong.

21 posted on 08/05/2013 6:46:11 PM PDT by traditional1 (Amerika.....Providing public housing for the Mulatto Messiah)
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To: elpadre
that complaint should be enough to wash him out of the program.

Nah, I see a posting in Greenland in his future.

22 posted on 08/05/2013 6:47:28 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("When there is no penalty for failure, failures proliferate." George F. Will)
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To: SonnyBubba

Why sue? I am certain Obama will get rid of it with one of his “executive” orders. He’ll sign it at the 13th hole at the Andrews golf course.


23 posted on 08/05/2013 6:54:39 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Half Vast Conspiracy

plus, once a whiner always a whiner


24 posted on 08/05/2013 7:14:52 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: SonnyBubba

Dishonorable Discharge.


25 posted on 08/05/2013 7:22:28 PM PDT by struggle
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To: SonnyBubba

This shit head doesn’t have to swear “So Help Me God.”

When I issued a warrant for promotion for one of my junior officers I always asked them ahead of time if they wanted to “Swear” or “Affirm” their oath. If they chose to “affirm” I did not state “So Help Me God” for them to repeat... they would just say they “affirm.”

I don’t understand why people get so upset about something they don’t believe in?


26 posted on 08/05/2013 7:31:53 PM PDT by Joe Marine 76 ("Honor is the gift a man gives to himself." ~ Rob Roy MacGregor)
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To: SonnyBubba

That is the oath that is requiered by the Constitution of the United States.If he doesn’t wish to state the oath as its written then he can leave the Air Force.

This guy sounds like potential trouble anyway.


27 posted on 08/05/2013 7:39:07 PM PDT by puppypusher (The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: SonnyBubba

He’ll get promoted in Obama’s military.


28 posted on 08/05/2013 7:48:07 PM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
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To: CodeToad

He will be a general by Wednesday.


29 posted on 08/05/2013 7:50:56 PM PDT by sport
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To: SonnyBubba

Bet he accepts money that says “In God We Trust”. So where’s his principle then?


30 posted on 08/05/2013 7:54:48 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Howdy to all you government agents spying on me.)
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Officer trainee Jonathan Bise has enlisted the help of the Appignani Humanist Legal Center in his efforts to avoid using the religious phrase during his graduation.

They must not keep Officer Trainees as busy as they did back in my day. There was no time for whining...or writing letters to lawyers.

31 posted on 08/05/2013 7:56:13 PM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (People in America are still tried in the courts rather than by left-wing protesters or by the media.)
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To: Viennacon

Are you kidding? Boy, are you out of touch with today’s Air Force.

He will likely be named DG (Distinguished Graduate) of his class.

Let’s see . . . .


32 posted on 08/05/2013 8:00:54 PM PDT by man_in_tx (Blowback (Faithfully farting twowards Mecca five times daily).)
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To: Half Vast Conspiracy

Officer trainee Jonathan Bise has enlisted the help of the Appignani Humanist Legal Center in his efforts to avoid using the religious phrase during his graduation.

They must not keep Officer Trainees as busy as they did back in my day. There was no time for whining...or writing letters to lawyers.

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Good point, from what I hear from others, like yourself.

However, in this case, it was probably all planned from before the time he actually arrived at Maxwell.


33 posted on 08/05/2013 8:02:18 PM PDT by man_in_tx (Blowback (Faithfully farting twowards Mecca five times daily).)
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To: SonnyBubba

So they can just rewrite it for him to say, “so help me whatever non-religious moral code that I believe in and which will compel me by obey that code even though there are no reasons to follow any code in the absence of a deity.”


34 posted on 08/05/2013 8:07:15 PM PDT by Defiant (In the next rebellion, the rebels will be the ones carrying the American flag.)
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So they can just rewrite it for him to say, “so help me whatever non-religious moral code that I believe in and which will compel me by obey that code even though there are no reasons to follow any code in the absence of a deity.”

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Well said.

However, the Soviet Army did function for some 70 years on just such a pathetic basis.


35 posted on 08/05/2013 8:08:49 PM PDT by man_in_tx (Blowback (Faithfully farting twowards Mecca five times daily).)
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To: SonnyBubba

We don’t need him that badly.


36 posted on 08/05/2013 8:11:32 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: Viennacon

THIS IS NOT MY USAF


37 posted on 08/05/2013 8:15:42 PM PDT by slapshot ("Were not gonna take it anymore" Twisted Sister)
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THIS IS NOT MY USAF

Eric Fanning, Acting Air Force Secretary, Now Highest-Ranking Openly Gay Person In Defense Dept.

38 posted on 08/05/2013 9:04:11 PM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (People in America are still tried in the courts rather than by left-wing protesters or by the media.)
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To: SonnyBubba

Kick the whiny little Godless b*tch to the curb.


39 posted on 08/06/2013 5:51:15 AM PDT by Amagi (Buying "Green" means purchasing inferior quality at increased cost.)
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To: man_in_tx

Another version might be “so help me my fear of incarceration for failing to follow the laws”.


40 posted on 08/06/2013 7:12:22 AM PDT by Defiant (In the next rebellion, the rebels will be the ones carrying the American flag.)
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